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Kemudahan dalam memperoleh data spasial tersebut memudahkan pengguna dalam mengaplikasikan berbagai analisis, salah satunya adalah analisis pola. Data yang diperoleh dari partisipasi pengguna tersebut dikenal dengan istilah Volunteer Geospatial Information (VGI).

Pengguna tidak dikenakan biaya serta tidak dibatasi oleh tempat dan waktu. Makna partisipatif disini adalah pengguna dapat memperoleh, menambahkan dan melakukan perbaikan terhadap data secara sukarela.

Open Street Map (OSM) dan GeoNames adalah sumber gasetir global yang diperoleh secara partisipatif.
